 | John Hall - 1839 - 508 pages
...are holy persons. As Moses said to the Israelites, Thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God ; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.6* So the apostle Peter said to believers in Christ, Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,... | |
 | 1839 - 684 pages
...xiii, 1-3. " Jehovah is a partial God. " ' For thou art an holy people unto Jehovah thy God : Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto...himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.' — Chap. vii, C. " Jehovah is wrathful. The fierceness of his anger is turned away from Israel... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 712 pages
...Moses in his memoirs sought to explain to Israel why God set His heart's affections on them he said, "The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose...fewest of all people, but because the LORD loved you" (Deuteronomy 7:7-8). Why does He love you? Just because He loves you. That's the way He is. He needs... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 408 pages
...Do you recall Moses' explanation of God's love for the children of Israel? In his memoirs he wrote, 'The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose...fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you" (Deuteronomy 7:7-8). In other words Moses was saying, "He loved you because He loved you!" That is... | |
 | Harold Lerch - 2002 - 338 pages
...make you into a great nation. (From Deuteronomy 7:6): CHOSEN BY GOD: PROMISE IS NOT WITHOUT DUTY: 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose...any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers,... | |
 | Dr. Phillip Goble - 2002 - 1249 pages
...(Treasured People) unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of ha'adamah. | 7 | Hashem did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because...number than any people; for ye "were the fewest of kol ha'ammim; | 8 | But because of Ahavat Hashem (because Hashem loved you), and because He would be... | |
 | Philip Allott - 2002 - 448 pages
...complete self-reliance in limbs and brain.' 21 'For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.' 22 'Remember thou, O Roman, to rule the nations with thy sway; these shall be thine arts to... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 600 pages
...because He loves us. Moses explained to Israel, "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." Then, knowing how unlovely, complaining, and rebellious the Israelites were, Moses added, "The... | |
 | Daniel Erasmus - 2003 - 346 pages
...thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself. Above all people thai are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set...because ye were more in number than any people, for ye_ were_th^J^we_st_of_all_ft_eople_: But became the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - 2003 - 452 pages
...Testament there are suggestions that God's love is not bound by the value or importance of its object. "The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose...number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: but because the LORD loveth you . . . hath the LORD . . . redeemed you" (Deut. vii.7 f.).... | |
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 
